Chapter 197 Chen Jinying decides to leave

Chef Chen Dexiang is observing the guests' reactions.

"Boss, the hospital called and said the Second Madam was on her last legs and wanted to see the Fifth Madam."

He frowned and said, "Tell the hospital that Miss Five will be here soon."

"I'll go talk to Miss Five."

"Who told you to tell Miss Fifth? Tell Aunt Li. Miss Fifth cannot be distracted right now." Chen Dexiang said.

"yes."

Chen Dexiang turned and walked towards the kitchen. Seeing his daughter busy, he turned back to the office. He took a cigarette from the cigarette box, and his hand holding the lighter was shaking. Although his stroke was not serious, he had sequelae after recovery. His hands were weak and trembling, and he could not cook many delicate dishes.

Alas... If Jinlong had his sister's ability, why would he not let Jinying see her mother for the last time?

Before he finished smoking a cigarette, someone rushed in: "Boss, Miss Five has gone to the hospital."

"What?" Chen Dexiang stood up and dropped the cigarette in his hand onto the table. "Who told her?"

He walked towards the kitchen, and the people behind him explained, "It was Miss Wu who sent her apprentice Wu Zhihai to the hospital to watch over it. The boy noticed something was wrong, so he immediately came back on his motorcycle and took Miss Wu to the hospital."

"Dad, my sister is gone." Chen Jinlong said to his father.

Chen Dexiang saw that the chicken had been sewn and hung there, and he felt relieved: "I'll watch you make it, fry it first and then steam it, and I'll do the seasoning."

It is difficult to say which influenced which, the Lu cuisine's Budai chicken or the Huaiyang cuisine's Babao gourd duck. With the flow of population, the major Chinese cuisines have long been intertwined. Budai chicken is similar to gourd duck. After filling, it is first fried and then steamed. Finally, the steamed juice is used to thicken the sauce and pour it on top. The most difficult step is naturally to debone the whole chicken. This step has been completed. The next step is frying. After frying, the skin is crispy and the taste is better.

Chen Dexiang stood beside his son. He had taught his son how to cook this dish countless times, but his son succeeded half of the time and failed half of the time. In terms of seasoning, it was always a little off, and this required understanding.

"Dad, my sister..." Chen Jinlong hesitated to speak.

"What?" Chen Dexiang asked.

Chen Jinlong sighed helplessly, "She asked Wu Zhihai to make the bird's nest soup today. The stuffing in the chicken's stomach today was also prepared by Wu Zhihai. Is my sister too nice to Wu Zhihai?"

Chen Dexiang remained silent. It was Wu Zhihai who informed his daughter.

"If I say these words, it will affect our relationship as siblings; if I don't say them, I'm afraid my fifth sister will be deceived. My fifth sister is a very simple person, and she only wants to cook the dishes well. It's hard to say about Wu Zhihai... You said my sister is a woman living alone, and Wu Zhihai is five years younger than my sister, and they are master and apprentice, and they stay together all day. I'm afraid he will use sweet words to deceive my sister." Chen Jinlong said as he turned the chicken in the pot.

"Take the chicken out and let it cool down, otherwise the skin will burst." Chen Dexiang reminded him quickly. He was so focused on listening to his son that he went wrong when he was distracted.

But it was too late. A small hole appeared on the thinnest part of the chicken's back, and the juice in the chicken's stomach leaked out. The oil pan suddenly started to crackle. Chen Dexiang quickly turned off the fire.

Chen Jinlong fished out the chicken and stared at his father blankly.

Chen Dexiang looked at his son helplessly. He had taught him for so many years, but if he didn't keep an eye on him, he would still make a mistake. If his daughter was really kidnapped by that boy and he was gone, with his son's ability, how long could the reputation of this restaurant last?

"Not much juice has leaked out, so just steam it like this!" Chen Dexiang ordered.

What can we do now? Even if someone can do it, there is no time to redo it. The juice has leaked, so we can only make do with it.

The chicken was steamed, and Chen Dexiang looked at the small hole on the chicken's back, sighed softly, poured the juice from the steamed chicken into the pot, adjusted the seasoning, and thickened the sauce. He scooped up the juice with a spoon, but his hands were so weak that they were shaking even when he held the spatula.

With trembling hands he poured the juice over the chicken.

It was really embarrassing to serve such a dish on the table in front of guests who were familiar with him.

Chen Dexiang took off his hat with a sullen face, walked out and asked someone to take him to the hospital.

It only took a quarter of an hour to get from the hotel to the hospital, and they arrived quickly. He walked into the hospital with a gloomy face, got into the elevator and went to the third floor. When he reached the door of the ward, he heard his daughter crying.

When Chen Dexiang walked into the ward, the first person he saw was his daughter's apprentice.

Wu Zhihai stood beside his daughter and was comforting her: "It's a relief that the second wife is gone. It was too hard to endure it every day."

Wu Zhihai saw Chen Dexiang, stood up and greeted him: "Boss."

Chen Dexiang glanced at him without saying anything. He walked to the bedside and saw that his second wife had closed her eyes. He asked, "When did your mother pass away?"

"Just now, six or seven minutes ago." Wu Zhihai replied.

Chen Dexiang turned his head and looked at him fiercely: "Did I ask you?"

For a moment, Wu Zhihai didn't understand how he had offended his boss and why he was looking at him with such a fierce look?

Chen Jinying wiped her tears and looked up, and saw her father's face was gloomy. If it weren't for Azhi, she wouldn't even be able to see her mother for the last time.

She stood up, her voice choked with sobs: "Dad, take Mom home."

Chen Dexiang looked at her coldly: "At this time, do you know that I am your father?"

Chen Jinying understood why he was angry. She didn't want to argue with him in front of her deceased mother. At this moment, she just wanted her mother to go home and have her last journey.

"Dad, Mom wants to go home." Chen Jinying begged her father, "Please."

"You only know that your mother is dying, but don't you know how your father is doing? Don't you know that I almost died last year? Don't you know why I'm so anxious?" Chen Dexiang looked at her, "If you come, will your mother come back to life?"

Chen Jinying looked up, trying not to let her tears fall. She said, "I just want to see my mother for the last time."

Although my mother kept repeating the same few words, but...

"No more talking. I hope you can think more about me and the Chen family in the future. Let's go! Let's take your mother home together." Chen Dexiang asked his daughter, "Have you arranged the car?"

"It's arranged." Chen Jinying said.

The old lady was pushed onto the cart, and Chen Jinying followed the cart while crying.

Wu Zhihai followed behind, and Chen Dexiang stopped and said, "You can go back now."

"My master's mother passed away. According to my seniority, I should also..."

Chen Dexiang interrupted him: "Just come to pay your respects tomorrow."

Chen Jinying knew that it must be her half brother who had said something to her father. Ah Zhi was loyal to her, so there was no need for him to be put through this unnecessary hardship. She said, "Ah Zhi, you should go back first! My mother is home, and my family will take care of the funeral."

"Master, call me if you have any problem." Wu Zhihai reminded worriedly.

"Got it. Now go!"

Chen Jinying didn't want to create any more trouble at this time. Their family relationships were complicated, and her mother's funeral arrangements depended entirely on her father.

After getting in the car, Chen Dexiang looked at his daughter and said, "Jinying, your mother has been ill for five years. We have been to many hospitals for her, including Switzerland. There is no other way. We have to face this day, right?"

Chen Jinying shed tears silently. If she didn't have the ability, would her father be so active in treating her mother?

"Also, you really shouldn't have just walked away like that today."

Chen Jinying raised her head and looked at her father. Chen Dexiang looked at her and said, "You should know that today we are representing our Chen family cuisine."

She was just a cook, and there was someone else representing the Chen family. Chen Jinying lowered her head, and Chen Dexiang continued, "Also, are you too indulgent to Wu Zhihai?"

Chen Jinying no longer looked up. Her father wanted to say only those things. The tricks he taught her were supposed to be passed down to boys, not girls. Passing them down to her was an exception. She couldn't...

"Think about it. You are five years older than him, and you stay in the kitchen all day long. You are also dull. What does he want from you? Isn't it your cooking skills? He used sweet words to trick you into his hands. I will tell you in front of your mother today, don't let him trick you into losing everything."

Chen Jinying didn't expect her father to say such a thing next to her mother. She looked up and asked, "What did you say?"

"This is for your own good."

"Oh!" Chen Jinying responded faintly. She reached into the bed sheet and touched her mother's already cold hand.

"After your mother's matter is dealt with, you ask him to leave the store and Taipei, and stay away from you." Chen Dexiang looked at his daughter, "You are not a child anymore. You know the methods of your father's friends. Don't wait for me to take action."

Taiwan's gangs are now very powerful from outside the mainland. These people, like her father, came to Taiwan from the mainland. Her father runs a restaurant and has met many such people.

In the past, her hands could warm my mother's hands, but now they can no longer do so. My mother couldn't let her go until she died. She always told her, "Yingying! I am content to have you in my life. But I don't know who can accompany you for the rest of your life. I don't care what the funeral will be like after I die, no matter how grand it is. You will be the only one who remembers me at this time every year."

"Did Jinlong say this?" She looked at her father.

"No matter who said it, it's all for your own good. We don't want you to be deceived."

Chen Jinying nodded: "Since Jinlong is worried about these, let him go."

Seeing his daughter so well-behaved and sensible, Chen Dexiang felt a little guilty and said, "We are your relatives and we are all worried about you."

"I see."

The car arrived and the father and daughter got out together. Chen Jinlong came out and helped carry the second wife down.

Seeing that nothing was prepared at home, Chen Dexiang's face darkened: "Are you all just eating dry food?"

The fourth wife came out aggrieved and stood in front of Chen Dexiang: "Master, I stopped you. You called and said you wanted to set up a mourning hall, but where should it be placed?"

"Put it in the living room!" said Chen Dexiang.

The fourth wife asked again: "Then...then...who will be the filial son?"

This question is very clear. Chen Jinlong was born to the fourth wife. The first wife died in mainland China when Chen Jinlong was not yet born. If Chen Jinlong mourns for the second wife, does it mean that the second wife is promoted to the first wife? Why should a concubine who has no children be promoted? Besides, if the son mourns for the second wife, does he have to mourn for the third wife as well? Then it will be her turn at the end!

Chen Dexiang hasn't thought this through yet. The second child is infertile. If Jinying wasn't gifted, she would just be an extra set of bowls and chopsticks at home.

He was angry that Jinying ran away today, but he also knew that the store couldn't do without her. And he had just scolded her and asked her to drive Wu Zhihai away.

She is really filial to her second son. What if something goes wrong at this time? Chen Dexiang said: "She is the eldest, of course..."

Chen Jinying had seen enough. When her mother was not seriously ill, she said, "Yingying! Fortunately, I raised you, so you have someone to rely on when you are old. Don't believe what your father said about Jinlong's children taking care of you in the future. You didn't raise them yourself. When they need you, they call you affectionately, but when they don't, they don't bother to pay attention to you. You don't want to get married, you have a skill, and you can support yourself. How about adopting a child?"

Chen Jinlong was a filial son, but her mother had never expected him to be. She walked up and said, "Dad, Fourth Mother, my mother told me that she has the eldest mother as the first wife and the fourth mother as the hero who left the Chen family with descendants. I am her only daughter. If Jinlong wears mourning for her, she will feel uneasy. Let's do what we have to do! I will wear mourning for mom."

Chen Dexiang felt relieved when he heard his daughter was so sensible. If the second child was like this, then the third child would be the same, and they would all be troublesome.

"Okay! I'll listen to you." However, his daughter was so sensible that he couldn't let her down, so he immediately asked, "Where are they? Jinling, Jinyu..."

The Fourth Wife was overjoyed and hurried to make arrangements, while the Third Wife stood in the distance watching the scene.

In order to appease his daughter, Chen Dexiang held a grand funeral for his second wife, and Chen Jinying wore mourning clothes to see her mother off.

After the funeral, on the first day Chen Jinying returned to work, her father reminded her: "You should know how much I love you these days, right? Remember to deal with Wu Zhihai today."

"He and I have a master-disciple relationship. I'll give him some money to settle down and let him open a store in Kaohsiung! It will save me from having to work so hard to take care of him for so long, only to end up with him turning against me." Chen Jinying said calmly. She sneered, "But I really don't know why you think I would fall for a poor boy from the countryside in Tainan?"

Being looked at like this by his daughter, Chen Dexiang felt a little guilty: "It's good that he doesn't have it. The store will pay for this. You should explain it clearly to him."

It is better to use money to send someone away than to find someone to force him to leave. He also said: "You should also pay attention in the future. When teaching skills, distinguish between inside and outside."

Chen Jinying nodded: "In our store, I will pay attention."

Chen Jinying called Ah Zhi, who had just changed into a chef's uniform, and said, "Ah Zhi, follow me."

Wu Zhihai only saw his master kneeling and crying on the day of his second wife's funeral, and he didn't even have the chance to go up and comfort her. Before he could open his mouth to comfort her, he heard his master say, "Azhi, I want you to leave here and go to Hong Kong City."

Wu Zhihai's eyes widened: "Master!"

"Help me go to Hong Kong City and find Yue Ning and ask her if she can accept us as master and apprentice. We have to find a place to settle down." Chen Jinying said with a wry smile, "My father has connections with gangsters. He asked me to force you to leave. If I have too much contact with you again, he will let the gangsters deal with you."

"Is Chen Jinlong talking nonsense?" Wu Zhihai blushed, "He only thinks about these things..."

"Ah Zhi!" Chen Jinying interrupted him, "It's not important anymore. You saw Ning Yan analyzing our first day's show, and their kitchen staff analyzed the gains and losses together. In a kitchen like that, the cooking skills will get better and better. You go first, and I'll go after I finish guarding for 49 days and deal with some things. So when you meet Yue Ning, tell her clearly why we're here. She's opened several stores this year, so she must be short of cooks. And I found that she doesn't stick to any particular cuisine. She should want us. But if I go, my dad will definitely think you kidnapped me and run away. He will definitely ask the gangsters to find you, and he may even kill you and take me back. Most of the gangsters in Taiwan and Hong Kong are connected. I heard that Yue Ning is protected by the Qiao family and the Cai family in Hong Kong. Let's make our own troubles clear. If Yue Ning dislikes our troubles and doesn't accept us, we'll go to Singapore. Singapore is now strictly controlled, and it's difficult for Taiwanese gangs to extend their influence there."

Hearing that the master had thought it through very carefully, Wu Zhihai nodded: "Yes."

"The store will give you 50,000 New Taiwan dollars, and you can exchange it into Hong Kong dollars and go to Hong Kong City." Chen Jinying said, "To the outside world, you can tell them that I advised you to go and you want to try your luck and make a lot of money."

"knew!"